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[PLUG] syslog.conf syntax
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Whilst studying for the LPI 101 exam, I'm looking at the syntax for the
syslog.conf lines.
The differences in the syntax of facility & priority is confusing to me,
even the man page for syslog.conf has differences in that I don't
understand -
The part I don't understand is the difference between
*.crit /var/log/xxx
*.=crit /var/log/xxx
My study book said something about the ".=priority" serves to specify
that the msgs from that source go to a specific log. Well, the syntax
WITHOUT the "=" also go a specific named logs.
The following lines taken out of the syslog.conf man page contain
different syntaxes but don't explain the differences -
*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical
kern.* /var/adm/kernel
kern.info;kern.!err /var/adm/kernel-info
mail.=info /dev/tty12
The following line contains "mail.!=info". What is the difference
between that syntax and "mail.!info"
mail.*;mail.!=info /var/adm/mail
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regs
rupert
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